Just out of curiosity, how exactly does Big Soccer being down prevent one from watching a game? I know people may want to discuss it here, but the site maintenance is not a hindrance to actually watching a game.

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Nobody said that?

But BS is very a part of tradition for many fans around the world, especially those in remote areas, to partake in big game day debate. It's part of the experience for many fans.

Let's see, I'm putting the over/under on number of days it will be down after the upgrade at four.

And I'm taking the over.

How is it that BigSoccer.com has never heard of COOP / DRCP for things like this?

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I remember during the "Great Crash" when the backups AND the backup-backups were both messed up and we went to another site for a few days. They brought the site back temporarily as they tried to restore the original backups, then all hell broke loose again for a few days.

If a website changes, it just goes from the "old look" to the "new look" instantly. Heck, I remember when some computers would show a "new look" of a website instantly, whereas others would take a few days to update.

For some reason, BigSoccer can't (or won't) go instantly. In this day and age, such things shouldn't take several hours.

I remember during the "Great Crash" when the backups AND the backup-backups were both messed up and we went to another site for a few days. They brought the site back temporarily as they tried to restore the original backups, then all hell broke loose again for a few days.

If a website changes, it just goes from the "old look" to the "new look" instantly. Heck, I remember when some computers would show a "new look" of a website instantly, whereas others would take a few days to update.

For some reason, BigSoccer can't (or won't) go instantly. In this day and age, such things shouldn't take several hours.

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I can only assume that they aren't using one of the leading VM options. Which is amazing in the year 2012.